My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 206 Peerless Divine Weapon

   Rows of criminals were directly harvested.

  In an instant, corpses littered the field.

   Soon, a firecracker was sent to the tower, and in silence, Zhu Di took the firecracker.

   This is a firecracker made of fine steel, with excellent texture. In order to reduce weight, the handle of the firecracker is made of solid wood.

  It is not that Zhu Di has never used a firecracker, but compared with the one in his hand now, the firecracker in his hand can be called a work of art.

  Every place has been polished.

And Zhang Anshi introduced from the side: "In the past, the firecrackers...often used crude benzene. The reason for the crude benzene is very simple, that is, the pig iron used to forge the firecrackers could not withstand the power of gunpowder, so the barrels of the firecrackers had to be made large enough. Thick, but once it is thick, it brings several problems. One is that it is bulky, and sometimes it is impossible for one person to finish loading gunpowder and shooting. The second is to limit the amount of charge. The smaller the charge, the less powerful it is. smaller."

"But it's different now that Qixia's steel is used. This steel is specially forged and can withstand the explosion of gunpowder in the gun barrel without the risk of blasting the barrel. So... the minister made the gun tube of the fire gun as light and thin as possible. At the same time, the barrel of the firecracker has also become longer, and the benefit of being longer is that it increases accuracy."

   "In addition to this, there is the amount of gunpowder. In order to ensure stability, the minister has specially set up a gunpowder bag. This is also for the convenience of setting up the powder, and this..."

  While talking, Zhang Anshi took out an iron bar.

  He first took out a gunpowder bag, tore it with his mouth, and stuffed the gunpowder into the gun barrel from the mouth of the gun barrel, then took the iron bar and poked it in, and the gunpowder was stuffed into the bottom of the gun barrel and compacted.

After doing this, Zhang Anshi continued: "The more compact the gunpowder is, the greater its power will be. And our gunpowder is no longer the old gunpowder. The new gunpowder is so powerful that ordinary iron pipes cannot bear its power. The reason for why my minister used Qixia Steel."

   After compacting the gunpowder, Zhang Anshi quickly loaded a projectile.

  The projectile fits perfectly with the muzzle and enters the bottom of the gun at once.

Zhang Anshidao: "The most important thing about this bullet is standardization. It must be seamlessly matched with the firecracker. Therefore, in addition to the craftsman, the most important job of the workshop of this bullet is quality inspection. It is necessary to ensure that each bullet reaches the standard. Standards can be sent to the model camp. Each batch of projectiles is also marked to ensure that when a problem occurs, the person responsible can be quickly found.”

   After all this is done in one go.

  Zhang Anshi raised the firecracker.

   This action made the people around him tremble in fright.

  Zhu Di snatched it over and said, "I'll give it a try."

  He was familiar with it, so someone fetched the fire pack, lit the medicine primer, and then began to raise the fire gun, aiming at the direction of the palace lantern hanging above the tower.

   Moments later, there was a bang.

   Fortunately, Zhu Di made great efforts to perform a miracle. If it were Zhang Anshi, his hands would probably tremble under the recoil at this moment.

   Zhu Di's hands are as steady as a rock.

   With the flash of fire from the muzzle of the firecracker.

  The several-foot-tall palace lantern was smashed to pieces, and fell down with a bang.

  Zhu Di opened his eyes suddenly, and said in surprise and joy: "Okay, okay, okay, this artifact is also."

  Everything is afraid of comparison. The firecracker in his hand not only has accuracy, power, range, and even portability, it is far superior to the iron bumps of Shenjiying at the same time.

  Zhu Di said with a red face: "With this firecracker, I'm afraid it's not as powerful as the archers, and it may even be better."

  Zhang Anshi restrained the urge to roll his eyes, and said to himself, archer? Am I better than an archer?

   But having said that, in fact, the firecrackers of this era may not be as good as bows and arrows.

  Because bows and arrows have a longer range and greater power than the firecrackers of Shenjiying.

  Of course...the premise of all this is that skilled archers can do this.

   It takes a long time to train a skilled archer.

  The biggest advantage of the firecracker is that it can recruit a large number of soldiers, and it takes a few months to send them into battle, which is something that archers cannot do.

  It’s just that now, with this new firecracker, the disadvantages of the previous firecracker have been made up for. This thing is more powerful than the step archer.

Immediately, Zhu Di began to charge the powder himself. Following Zhang Anshi's example, he took an iron bar to compact the gunpowder, and then loaded the projectiles. After finishing all this in one go, he then lit the fire. Zhang Xingyuan.

  The guards guarding Zhang Xingyuan retreated quickly.

boom…

   With a bang.

   Zhang Xingyuan stood there, numb. Before he had time to react, he felt something sticking to his head, swishing past, and even felt a burning mark in his ears.

  Even if he was as firm as him, he was already terrified at this moment, and his lower body couldn't help getting wet.

  At this time, his teeth were chattering, and the two were fighting.

  Zhu Di beamed and said: "This gun is accurate, haha, interesting. What do you think of my gun skills?"

  Yi Shiha took the lead and said: "Your Majesty is proficient in bowing horses, so this firecracker is naturally no problem."

  Zhang Anshi said: "This gun can shoot birds, so I named it the bird gun."

  Can shoot birds...

   Sounds weird?

  For ordinary people, the understanding of birds is different from the understanding of birds like Zhu Di.

  However, Zhu Di immediately understood Zhang Anshi's deep meaning.

  In the past, I only heard of shooting birds with bows and arrows, piercing trees with a hundred steps and so on. But I have never heard that the firecracker can shoot birds. After all, the firecracker's aim is too poor and the range is too far. How can the bird fly in the air and reach it?

   But it is different now, now this firecracker... is enough to shoot birds. Failure to shoot is not a problem with the gun, but a problem with people, and the range is enough, so can you shoot birds?

  As soon as this name came out, it happened to be directly distinguished from the previous fire blunderbuss, so as to show the extraordinaryness of this bird blunderbuss.

  Zhu Di laughed heartily and said, "Okay, it's called a bird gun! This bird gun not only kills birds, but also kills birds. It kills two birds with one stone!"

   As he spoke, his eyes were obviously excited, he looked at Zhang Shi'an and said, "Zhang Anshi, I have this blunderbuss in Ming Dynasty, and I will sweep the world, and I have a little more chance of winning."

   Ning Wang Zhu Quan was at the side, and everyone who watched was numb, and couldn't help licking his lips and said: "This bird gun... how much is the daily output?"

   "Now we can only produce 20 or 30 rods a day, but in the future, it will be a hundred rods a day. If we expand the scale..." Zhang Anshi said: "It's hard to say."

  Zhu Quan's eyes lit up immediately, and then he looked at Zhu Di and said, "Your Majesty, my brother is about to go to Luzon, I implore Your Majesty, give this bird a thousand guns, so that I will be confident when I arrive in Luzon."

  Zhu Di was a bit reluctant. If he was willing to readily agree, he would definitely nod, but now he looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile: "Zhang Qing's family, you come to make up your mind."

  As soon as Zhang Anshi heard it, he knew that His Majesty had deliberately asked him to reject His Majesty's brother.

  Do brothers also have to settle accounts?

  But I, Zhang Anshi, don’t want to be this villain.

So Zhang Anshi said: "If His Highness King Ning needs it, it's okay. In fact, I have already taught someone to send samples to Annan. I am afraid that Governor Annan will also ask for it. Of course, His Highness King Ning will go to Luzon. How can you rest assured if you don’t have some bird guns? Your Majesty and His Highness are brothers...thousand guns...Qixia must do everything possible to supply it before His Highness sets off."

  Zhu Di's face is slightly unnatural, Zhang Anshi still doesn't understand me, at this time, why are you talking so much with him? Refuse!

  After Zhu Quan heard this, his brows were filled with joy: "If so, then... the king can rest assured."

  But Zhang Anshi said again: "But... this bird gun was produced by craftsmen, and the cost is not small. For this price, how about I give His Highness a fair price, how about thirty taels a shot?"

  Thirty taels...

  After Zhu Quan heard this, he said indifferently: "One thousand rods, thirty thousand taels...of course it is easy to say, this is a trivial matter."

  Zhang Anshi continued: "In addition, the gunpowder and projectiles that are equipped... Let me do the math... It costs about 20,000 taels of silver."

   Zhu Quan is also a vassal king anyway, so he still has some money. If there is a bird gun team composed of a thousand people, the strength of Ning Wangwei will be greatly increased, and the future losses in Luzon will be greatly reduced.

   After all, Zhu Quan was king in a border town, so he knew clearly that once he arrived in Luzon, the Ning Wangwei and his family he brought with him would be his lifeblood, his backbone, and his foundation in Luzon in the future. Every human life is extremely precious.

   "That's easy to talk about." Zhu Quan was very generous: "Take a thousand rods first, and the rest... Let's discuss later."

  Zhang Anshi smiled openly.

  Qi State Duke Qiu Fu was very envious when he heard it, so he couldn't help leaning forward and said: "Your Majesty, is this Shenji Camp also..."

  Zhu Di felt distressed. He didn't know how much the cost of this bird gun was, but he always felt that giving this treasure to others was like digging out his heart.

   It's just that at this time, it's not convenient to say, so he said: "It's a bird, let's watch the fun first."

  Under the city tower, the sound of gunfire remained the same.

  The corpses piled up like mountains.

  Zhang Xingyuan finally saw his relatives being escorted out. He struggled desperately, yelled, roared, and burst into tears.

   "Zhang Anshi, you guys will die..."

  He had a ferocious face, first he cursed, and then...but he began to beg again: "Let them be spared, let them be spared."

  In fact, he knew that it was useless, but he still muttered to himself: "I... I have something to say... There is a huge treasure... I know..."

   Zhu Di just sneered.

   bang bang bang...

  The brother and several sons of Zhang Xingyuan fell straight down, and the bullet hit the person's body, causing a huge wound, and green smoke was still rising from the wound.

  People's sorrows and joys are not connected. No matter how Zhang Xingyuan howled, other people just watched with cold eyes.

   And everything in front of him seemed to have broken Zhang Xingyuan's psychological defense in an instant. His legs went limp, but because he was tied up, he couldn't fall down. His distorted and angry face instantly became sluggish.

  His pupils were dilated, he lost his mind, and looked at the void feebly, as if the world had become extremely strange.

   This killing ended extremely quickly.

  The shock of everyone has not passed, but it is over.

  The model battalion was withdrawn.

  Countless eunuchs got out and began to carry the corpses and wash away the blood.

   Outside the Meridian Gate, the sky was filled with blood. No matter how many buckets of water were brought to wash it, although the bright red visible to the naked eye disappeared, the blood soaked into the cracks of the bricks still lingered.

  Zhu Di drove back to the Wulou and summoned Zhang Anshi. At this time, there were only the monarch and his ministers. Zhu Di was still playing with the blunderbuss in his hand, and said happily: "Interesting, interesting, very interesting. Hey..."

   Sighing, Zhu Di said: "It's just such a good thing, what do you give to Zhu Quan? Although this guy didn't rebel, he is not a good bird. Such a treasure, you must take care of yourself first."

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am thinking about one thing..."

  Zhu Di raised his head, looked at Zhang Anshi, and said, "Go ahead."

Zhang Anshi said: "With such a blunderbuss, His Royal Highness King Ning will feel much more comfortable when he arrives in Luzon. The local natives may not even be proficient in ironware. When they get there, won't they kill everyone? Your Majesty Of course, I don’t hope that, King Ning will not be able to open up the situation when he arrives in Luzon.”

"On the other hand, they really opened up the situation by relying on this, but at the same time, their reliance on bird guns has deepened! Bird guns have extremely high requirements for logistics, a lot of gunpowder consumption, and a lot of gunpowder. There is a huge demand for projectiles. In this way, they need my continuous supply from Da Ming, and in this way, their dependence on Da Ming will be even deeper."

"And once the supply is cut off, their advantage in Luzon may be reduced. After all...their advantage is new firearms, but their disadvantage is manpower. From the perspective of military tactics, the right time, place and people are not on them. .Only by maintaining the suzerain-vassal relationship with His Majesty and firmly tied to me, Daming, can they maintain their existence in Luzon."

"Besides, in order to get more bird guns and ammunition, they have to try their best to get silver! Where does the silver come from? Apart from mining locally, on the other hand, I'm afraid they have to keep a steady stream of money. The supplies from Luzon were loaded on the ship and sent to my Ming Dynasty to exchange for silver, and then use the silver to buy more weapons."

"In this way, on the surface, it seems that His Majesty has given them more powers like princes, just like the king of Zhou restrained the princes of the world, giving them land, population, army, and criminal laws, but in fact...they can no longer be separated from the court. , from then on, you can give up your heart and be my Ming fan screen forever!"

"So in the eyes of the minister, the relationship between the emperor and the princes is interdependent. The so-called laws, patriarchal clan and blood relationship alone cannot make them submit forever. They must be completely controlled economically. Then even if they Thousands of miles away, the imperial court can't control them, and they don't worry about it, they will breed dissent."

  After hearing this, Zhu Di's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Zhang Anshi with piercing eyes and said, "It's not unreasonable to say this, but I...wrong, this guy has a lot of fancy intestines in his belly."

  Zhang Anshi said with a dry smile: "This is to imitate His Majesty."

  Zhu Di scolded: "Nonsense, I'm much more straightforward."

Zhang Anshi immediately changed the subject: "Your Majesty, in addition, with these firearms, as soon as King Ning arrives in Luzon, he will be able to gain a firm foothold quickly, and may... quickly open up the situation. With him as an example, Your Majesty's Other brothers, don’t you think about it? The matter of moving the vassal can be smoothed out, and the vassal kings will not only be happy to do so, but they will also smile."

"As for Qixia, the firm can take this opportunity to earn a lot of money from the firearms trade. With more money, it can produce more firearms. At the same time, it can research more birds. Guns, cannons, Your Majesty... You see, the progress of steel brings the progress of firearms, and the progress of firearms can bring other progress. All these are linked together!"

"But how do these come from? It doesn't depend on silver. With silver, you can recruit more craftsmen. When skilled craftsmen gather together, there will always be someone who will stand out, improve the craftsmanship, and improve the manufacturing method! The world is prosperous. , It’s all for profit; all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit, and the scholars make fuss because they are officials, so that they search their stomachs every day, think hard, and want to get it, but it’s just fame.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "So, this is a matter of great benefit and no harm. On another level, helping others is the foundation of happiness, Your Majesty... the court should give up obsession and replace it with a new one." This not only shows His Majesty's tolerance, but it is very different from that chicken-bellied Jianwen, and it also shows His Majesty's emphasis on blood and family ties..."

  After Zhu Di listened, his heart was like a mirror.

He sighed and said: "Hey... I think back then, King Ning and I had the closest relationship. Now that King Ning and I are both older, he still has great ambitions. Of course, I have to fully support him. Okay, let's do it like this. Give him gunpowder, give him gunpowder, he is willing to give silver, as much as he wants, and first supply his Ning Wangwei."

  Zhang An Shidao: "If Emperor Taizu Gao knows that his descendants are brothers and sisters, I don't know..."

  Zhu Di glared at him directly, with a long face: "Don't mention Emperor Taizu Gao, you bastard, just fool others, even the emperor Gao who has become a god. Go away..."

  Zhang Anshi was a little embarrassed, but he quickly grinned happily, and said: "Your Majesty is open and honest... Forget it, I will retire."

  Seeing Zhu Di standing up and waving his fists, Zhang Anshi hurriedly said goodbye and fled in a hurry.

   "This guy..." Zhu Di muttered, and called Yishi Halai: "What's the reaction outside the palace?"

  Yi Shiha said: "The soldiers and civilians were shocked, and they all said that the model camp is amazing."

Zhu Di nodded: "It's not just to frighten the young people who are mixed among the soldiers and civilians, the most important thing is to know the truth, reason with them, and explain how hateful this rebellious party is. The so-called punishment for not teaching Let the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy write articles to denounce these rebellious officials and thieves."

"Yes."

  Zhu Di sighed and said: "That treasure that Zhang Xingyuan just said..."

  Yi Shiha said: "Your Majesty, according to my servants, he is in a hurry to go to the doctor to save his wife and children..."

  Zhu Di nodded: "Well, this person is very hateful, pass a word to Ji Gang, I want to teach him to live longer, no matter what, he can't die this year, he has to get through this year."

  Yi Shi laughed and said: "The servant obeys the order."

  ...

  After Zhang Anshi left the palace, he returned directly to Qixia.

  An **** came to King Ning's mansion, and he came to give money directly.

  Anyway, the money has been delivered, you can figure it out yourself, if you can’t deliver the goods by then, it’s your business.

  Zhang Anshi exchanged greetings with the eunuch: "So anxious? His Royal Highness Ning Wang is too impatient."

  The **** greeted people with a smiling face: "Isn't your highness afraid that you, Lord Hou, will lack money to recruit craftsmen? Hehe... King Ning is full of praise for Lord Hou, saying that you are magnificent and have the spirit of Xuanwu."

  The so-called Xuanwu spirit is because Xuanwu is the synonym for the seven northern constellations out of the twenty-eight constellations. In fact, they are the Big Dipper. In this era, when people praise a person, they often say that the stars have come down to earth.

   Zhang Anshi is now a feudal marquis, and it is actually quite reasonable to say that he is descended from the stars.

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "Isn't this Xuanwu a tortoise? A tortoise is a bastard. Doesn't this mean that I have a bastard? Why is His Highness King Ning turning a corner and cursing people?"

   "Ah..." The eunuch's face turned green, and he quickly explained: "No, no, Xuanwu is a spirit turtle, not a bastard."

Zhang Anshi sighed: "I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon is full of the ditch. Well, I am like this, no matter how His Royal Highness Ning looks at me, I will treat him with sincerity! Tell His Highness Ning, this As for the blunderbuss, I will definitely deliver them in full, with quality and quantity guaranteed.”

  After hearing this, the **** wiped off his sweat, how could he know that it was clearly a business, but now it looks like His Royal Highness King Ning owes Zhang Anshi a huge favor.

  Things are going well, and I have nothing to do these few days.

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help but go to the East Palace to meet his concubine sister Zhang.

Arriving at Mrs. Zhang's dorm, Zhang Anshi showed Mrs. Zhang the letter from Annan with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "This is from my fifth brother Zhu. Sister, look, this wedding is not a wedding. It shook the whole of Annan, there are more than 300 people in the army, everyone is happy, everyone says that brother-in-law cares about the soldiers, these are military officers, and the palace people can be counted on."

"Not only that... In order for them to have a home, the Governor's Mansion specially built a house for them to live in, and recruited some local women to help with some daily things. From then on, they are the mistresses of the family , husband and son. Men can also serve His Majesty in the barracks with peace of mind."

   Mrs. Zhang read the letter carefully, smiled and said, "I know you are doing well."

Zhang Anshi said with a bit of complacency: "That's not all... My sister heard about my breaking the rebellious party. It was extremely dangerous at that time. Grasping the stabbing dagger, the assassin was overwhelmed by my ferocity, and trembled in fright..."

  Ms. Zhang nodded, her eyes full of joy: "I know, I know, you will be prosperous in peace."

  Just the next moment, Zhang's tears burst into tears: "This is the blessing of the ancestors, I think...well, you should go to our father's grave..."

"Okay." Zhang Anshi said: "I still want to build a large tomb for him. I have to go to the Ministry of Rites to ask what specifications our Zhang family can use now. The specifications of this Marquis and Marquis must be different. Yes, let people buy more chariots, houses, and beauties for Dad, because Dad worked too hard when he was alive, and he should be allowed to enjoy the blessings in the underworld, but not to be wronged."

  Ms. Zhang sullenly said: "It was supposed to be you who got married and went to offer sacrifices. But look, you are already very old. In a few years, Zhanji will get married. It depends on you."

  Zhang Anshi pinched his fingers very seriously and said: "That kid is only six or seven years old now, in a few years... Sister... you can't do this, he has no hair at that time..."

   Having said this, Zhang Anshi fell silent.

   Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened, and she wanted to find a feather duster to hit someone.

Obviously, this elder sister has always been very intimidating to him. Zhang Anshi hesitated for a second, so he had to say: "After a few days, I will pick an auspicious day and go to Wei Guogong's mansion to propose marriage. It's okay, sister, don't be angry. It's not brother-in-law...Look at brother-in-law...all he thinks about is beauty, look at his over-indulgent appearance, I take it as a warning, and think in my heart..."

   "What?" Zhang raised her brows slightly, but said calmly, "What noise did you hear outside?"

  Zhang Anshi hurriedly shook his head: "No, no."

  Ms. Zhang looked at him fixedly, and said meaningfully: "You and I are siblings, we are close relatives. You have to be measured and don't bend your elbows out."

Under Zhang's sharp gaze, Zhang Anshi shuddered, dripped a drop of cold sweat silently, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I know, I will tell the truth. Brother-in-law is now the prince, he dare not, but he will I think, he thinks about this every day, and he often tells me this... Actually, I don't quite understand it. Sister, I think... It doesn't matter if you think about it, after all, my brother-in-law hasn't done anything excessive , we can't wrong him, right?"

  Compared to the clansmen of this era, Zhu Gaochi is relatively decent, but he is a concubine and has several concubines.

   This is already considered a relatively peaceful man in this dynasty. If he were replaced by other vassal kings, he would be a man who took off his trousers.

   Mrs. Zhang hummed lightly, but did not continue to delve into the topic, but said: "Okay, I'm just asking... Now I'm worried about Zhanji."

   "What's wrong with him?" Zhang Anshi immediately became concerned when he heard about his little nephew, and said, "I've seen him these days, it's normal."

  Ms. Zhang frowned and said: "In the past few days, he has been very naughty and reckless in speaking, and he doesn't want to study with the masters, and loses his temper at every turn."

  Zhang Anshi thought to himself, this should be the child's rebellious period.

  Zhang Anshi pondered for a moment, then said: "Leave it to me, I will take care of him until he is submissive, I will ask him first, my nephew is like an uncle, I am very familiar with his temperament."

  At the moment, he left excitedly.

   Not long after, I saw Zhu Zhanji hiding behind the fake rock alone, holding his face in his hands. The eunuchs on the side seemed to be afraid of him and didn't dare to approach him, but just tiptoed and stood far away.

Zhang Anshi stepped forward in a big way, sat down side by side with Zhu Zhanji, put his arms in his arms, and said, "My dearest and dearest little Zhanji, what's wrong with you? Come, talk to Uncle , Uncle loves you the most, and will never tell anyone."

  (end of this chapter)